{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6abacdd76ffb28f8d6775e00/6abacf68f4720dfefb3324ea?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Your Personality Is Not Fixed | Olga Khazan","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6abacdd76ffb28f8d6775e00/fd51c053c376e777bc5b038ce45d4b2f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Can people <em>actually</em> change or are we just stuck with who we are? In this episode, author and journalist Olga Khazan<strong> </strong>joins Ryan to unpack the age-old debate: are personality traits fixed or can we reshape them over time? Olga shares what happened when she tried to change her own personality over the course of a year and what science says about whether that’s even possible.</p><p><br></p><p>Olga Khazan is a staff writer at <em>The Atlantic </em>and author of <a href=\"https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/me-but-better-the-science-and-promise-of-personality-change?_pos=1&amp;_sid=4079a9ffb&amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Me, But Better</em></a><em>. </em>You can follow Olga on Instagram and X <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/olganator/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@Olganator</a> and read more of her work on Substack: <a href=\"https://olgakhazan.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://olgakhazan.substack.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>📚 Grab signed copies of her book <a href=\"https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/me-but-better-the-science-and-promise-of-personality-change?_pos=1&amp;_sid=834a6b924&amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Me, But Better </em></a>at The Painted Porch!</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>🎥 Watch top moments from <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Stoic Podcast</a> on <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a>: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href=\"https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p><br></p><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href=\"https://store.dailystoic.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://store.dailystoic.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Instagram</a>,<a href=\"https://twitter.com/dailystoic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Twitter</a>,<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@DailyStoic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> YouTube</a>,<a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> TikTok</a>, and<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook</a></p>","author_name":"Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures"}